ConAgra

ConAgra (ConAgra Foods) is a major food producer in the U.S., headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. It retails a large variety of shelf-stable, frozen, and refrigerated foods. It is also a large foodservice supplier, selling wholesale to restaurants.

ConAgra's long list of brands includes Chef Boyardee, DAVID Seeds, Egg Beaters, Healthy Choice frozen meals, Hebrew National hot dogs, Hunt's ketchup, Kid Cuisine frozen meals, Marie Callender frozen meals, Orville Redenbacher's pop corn, PAM no-stick spray, Reddi-wip, and Slim Jim. Other brands are ACT II pop corn, Banquet frozen meals, Blue Bonnet, Fleischmann's and Parkay margarines, Jiffy Pop pop corn, La Choy, Libby's, Manwich, Peter Pan peanut butter, Van Camp's, and more.

Political contributions
ConAgra gave $113,000 to federal candidates in the 2006 election through its political action committee - 16% to Democrats and 84% to Republicans.

Lobbying
The company spent $140,000 for lobbying in 2006. $120,000 went to two lobbying firms, Cornerstone Government Affairs and International Business-Govt Counsellors, with the remainder being spent using in-house lobbyists.

Personnel
Key executives and 2006 pay:
 * Gary M. Rodkin, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director, $2,740,000
 * Owen C. Johnson, Former Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Vice President, $800,000
 * Robert F. Sharpe Jr., Executive Vice President of Legal & External Affairs, $1,080,000
 * John F. Gehring, Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller, $650,000
 * Andre J. Hawaux, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President

Selected board members:
 * John T. Chain Jr., Retired general, U. S. Air Force
 * Ruth Ann Marshall, Retired President of MasterCard International's Americas region
 * Carl E. Reichardt, Retired Vice Chairman of Ford Motor Company

Former Board Members
 * Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr.

Contact details
One ConAgra Drive Omaha, NE 68102 Phone: 402-595-4000 Fax: 402-595-4707 Web: http://www.conagra.com

External articles

 * "Unions Petition OSHA To Deal With Slow-Motion Chemical Disaster," Confined Spaces Blogspot, July 26, 2006. re diacetyl, "a butter flavoring chemical that has caused a deadly lung disease known as 'popcorn lung' among workers in microwave popcorn facilities and other factories where flavorings are used."
 * Chris in Paris, "ConAgra to drop fake butter flavor one month before EPA study release," AMERICAblog, September 6, 2007.